Course Schedule

 
Week Dates Topics Chapters in Book Homework
        Assignment
1 Mon 8/26 - Thur 8/29 Introduction, Heat Halliday 19 Set 1, Due Tue 9/3
  Monday, Sept 2 No class (Labor Day)    
2 Tue 9/3 - Thur 9/5 Kinetic Theory Halliday 20 Set 2, Due Tue 9/10
3 Mon 9/9 - Thur 9/12 Thermodynamics Halliday 21 Set 3, Due Tue 9/17
4 Mon 9/16 - Thur 9/19 The Birth of Modern Physics Thornton & Rex 1 Set 4, Due Tue 9/24
  Thursday, Sept 19 First Midterm Exam Covers Weeks 1-4  
5 Mon 9/23 - Thur 9/26 Special Relativity Thornton & Rex 2 Set 5, Due Tue 10/1
6 Mon 9/30 - Thur 10/3 Photons Thornton & Rex 3 Set 6, Due Tue 10/8
7 Mon 10/7 - Thur 10/10 Atomic Structure Thornton & Rex 4 Set 7, Due Tue 10/15
8 Mon 10/14 - Thur 10/17 Waves Thornton & Rex 5 Set 8, Due Tue 10/22
  Thursday, Oct 17 Second Midterm Exam Covers Weeks 5-8  
9 Mon 10/21 - Thur 10/24 Quantum Theory Thornton & Rex 6 Set 9, Due Tue 10/29
10 Mon 10/28 - Thur 10/31 The Hydrogen Atom Thornton & Rex 7 Set 10, Due Tue 11/5
11 Mon 11/4 - Thur 11/7 Many-Electron Atoms Thornton & Rex 8 Set 11, Due Tue 11/12
12 Mon 11/11 - Thur 11/14 Nuclear Properties Thornton & Rex 12 Set 12, Due Tue 11/19
  Thursday, Nov 14 Third Midterm Exam Covers Weeks 9-12  
13 Mon 11/18 - Thur 11/21 Nuclear Interactions Thornton & Rex 13 Set 13, Due Tue 11/26
14 Mon 11/25 - Wed 11/27 Elementary Particles Thornton & Rex 14 Set 14, Due Tue 12/3
  Thursday, Nov 28 No class (Thanksgiving)    
15 Mon 12/2 - Thur 12/5 Cosmology Thornton & Rex 16  
16 Tuesday, December 10 Final Exam, 12:45 - 2:45 pm Covers entire course  
 

Last Updated on 8/15/02
By Bernard G. Pope
Email: pope@pa.msu.edu